Conquer Your Phone: Why the First Command in the Bible Applies to Your Screen Time

God's first command was to subdue and have dominion over creation. Your phone has reversed that order entirely.

As a pastor, one of the most consistent complaints I hear from wives isn't about pornography or obvious sin. It's simpler and more devastating: he's never fully in the room. Morning, evening, weekends. Emails, sports clips, news alerts. His body is present but his attention has been transported somewhere else.

Technology has fed you a subtle lie: that being reachable everywhere is a virtue. But omnipresence is a property of God, not a goal for men. To be everywhere is to be nowhere, especially to the people sitting three feet away from you.

The law of proximity says the people closest to you deserve the most of your attention. Your phone is violating that law daily, and the cost is more than you realize.

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